Prairie Schooner Tavern

The food here is consistently good, the prices are acceptable and the waitstaff attentive. Excellent alternative when you are looking for a relaxed atmosphere with quality food.

I like dives, ok? And this is a good one. Really good.

Amy P. Yelp quote just about sez it all: "Ok, if you like a greasy spoon that actually has decent food and waitresses with big hair, this is the place for you!" What SHE said (thanks Amy).

I've been here a bunch, out on Prairie Road, serving the mills. A friend of mine from Country Fair said it had his favorite Reuben in Eugene.  He had good taste in dresses, so I thought I'd trust him on this too.

And he was right. Good crispy bread, nice proportions of kraut and corned beef, noticeably flavorful cheese and Reuben sauce, with very good steak fries. Last time I was here the meat portion seemed a little skimpy (say it ain't so, Joe!), but I'll give them the benefit of the doubt.

Reading the reviews, breakfast & Taco Tuesdays sound interesting. Cool authentic place, well worth trying.

What a strange place! I'd been here before, since one of my in-laws is a trucker who goes here a lot for breakfast. But this time, when my fellow Yelp friend and I walked in, we found this place practically PACKED. For lunch no less! At a tavern! A sight to behold, I tell you.

The place seems popular with men, there were few (any?) women in there, and the men were a mix between truckers, retired guys, and men in their 40s who looked like contractors or something. However, we'd gotten some "inside information" (ok, well, an email from my mother in law with a picture of the shrimp louie), which told us to try this place for lunch. The shrimp looked amazing, I'll try to get her to upload the picture!

We went for a double fries combo: The fries with bacon and cheese, and the shrimp with fries. I get now why, when I ordered a side salad, the waitress asked if I wanted to sub it for the shrimp''s fries. There were sooo many fries. SO. MANY. HUGE. FRIES.

The fries are thick cut steak fries. They looked beautiful, fresh and perfectly fried. Unfortunately, both of us prefer thin fries, so we didn't even end up eating that many. Plenty of bacon on our fries, which was good, but there wasn't as much cheese as I would've liked. The shrimp were good, but there were only FOUR. Sorry, but for a "shrimp basket" there -really- need to be more than four shrimp. Unacceptable.

The service was... well... good, I guess? The waitress checked on us regularly, refilled our drinks, asked us repeatedly if we needed anything else. But she wasn't terribly friendly. No smile, and she kept looking at us a little strangely. I'd almost say with a look of "Why are a woman and a gay man sitting here in a big group of male truckers"? I wasn't super comfortable.

Anyway, this place is definitely a lot better than expected, but perhaps we didn't order the right things (should've gone for those fresh shrimp!). I'd give it another try, even if I wasn't that impressed this time.